1PhD student, Urological Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, College of Nursing
2Urological Department Faculty of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani
The surgical insertion of a human kidney from a cadaver or a living donor to a recipient with end-stage renal disease is called kidney transplantation, which can lead to recovery of the lost renal functions. This study was aimed to evaluate the changes in quality of life in patients with who underwent kidney transplantation.
In a descriptive, prospective, single-center study with a longitudinal design, the quality of life of 50 patients with chronic renal failure who had kidney transplantation operation in Department of Urology at Shar Hospital, in Sulaimani city, was assessed before and after the surgery. Before transplantation, the patients also underwent hemodialysis. Ferrans and powers Quality of life Index (the World Health Organization) was utilized to collect the required data.
Analyzing the collected data indicated that the patients perception of quality of life was not affected by the studied sociodemographic factors. It was also concluded that the dialysis period and post-transplantation period were significantly different with regard to physical, psychological, and spiritual domains, but not regarding the social domain. It was observed that was significant improvement in the quality of life regarding educational level and marital status. Moreover, the greatest change was observed in the general, satisfaction and importance variables.
It was concluded that the dialysis and post-transplantation periods were significantly different regarding domains of quality of life, but there was no statistically significant difference between them in terms of socio-economic domain of quality of life.
Renal transplantation, quality of life
